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Rachael Ray and Keffiyeh: Dunkin Do-Not

In the ad, Ray sports the traditional Muslim scarf around her neck and holds an iced coffee while standing among trees with pink blossoms.

 
Rachael Ray got a lesson of ethical style choices - the hard way.

Dunkin’ Donuts pulled the ads featuring a TV culinary maven, Rachael Ray, where she's wearing a traditional Muslim scarf, keffiyeh, more commonly associated with terrorists.

Dunkin' Donuts received tos of complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that Ray wore in the ad "offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism."

Rachael Ray's ad for iced coffee was pulled because "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee," the AP said.

One of the biggest critics of the ad was the ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, who suggested there should be a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.

In her column, Malkin explained the symbolism of the keffiyeh, the scarf which Rachael Ray wears in the ad, and the way it was made popular out of ignorance or intentionally.

"The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not so ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities and left-wing icons," Malkin wrote.

Malkin also accused other celebrities such as Collin Farrell, Mary Kate Olsen, or Kanye West, of wearing “hate couture.”

Thing is, keffieyehs have become a very trendy item of clothing lately. Most of the people who wear keffiyehs have no intention to make a political statement.

But starsshould be better informed about what their clothes symbolize - especially if you shoot a multi-million dollar ad to be broadcast nationally.

If Rachael Ray thinks she looks cute in black and white, why not pick a smart liberty print or zebra print (oh no, PETA would hate it!)